Pricey Enzo Maresca,
Please STOP making enemies with the Chelsea fan base. Please STOP choosing fights with us. This may solely ever finish in a method.
The most important concern at Chelsea proper now’s that this squad his been constructed with out stability, with out leaders, with out gamers with robust mentalities, and with out high quality expertise. It’s that easy. I’ll die on that hill.
Enzo Maresca is a secondary drawback. The gamers are a secondary drawback.
However what Maresca is doing by making feedback like he made after the Ipswich recreation yesterday, is he’s switching fan focus and power onto himself much more, and that solely ever ends a method.
I imply, you’ll be able to’t sack the followers, are you able to? You recognize, the paying followers who go to Stamford Bridge each week and journey to away video games each different? Those you want in your aspect, proper? Followers worldwide as simply as necessary, however the voices he’ll hear week in week out are those that go to matches. He NEEDS them.
I’ve seen folks try to declare that Maresca’s phrases are taken out of context and I’m sorry however that’s determined straw clutching on the very least. Come on now.
Nonetheless you need to spin it, Maresca is blaming the followers right here for Ipswich’s second aim…
“I feel we misplaced slightly little bit of confidence, as a result of we conceded, in all probability due to the atmosphere,” Maresca mentioned. “That is the second that it’s important to proceed doing the fitting issues and don’t change the plan. Additionally as a result of we’re a crew that more often than not, our aim kick will begin from taking part in brief.
“The second aim, we determine to play lengthy, as a result of the atmosphere is there, and we concede the second. You need to be robust, it’s important to proceed with the issues that you’re doing.”
The reporter then mentioned:
‘I simply needed to ask you about that, particularly with the second aim, as a result of it felt like after the primary aim went in, the group, the ambiance, the whole lot modified. Is it a difficulty with the gamers and the way they responded to that? Would you like extra from the supporters in that second? You talked about additionally the aim kick. I presume that’s not one thing you needed to see?’
Maresca responded:
“No, it’s only for positive not, however I can perceive, as a result of in all probability we conceded the aim, they usually determined to play an extended ball. However generally, I mentioned many instances, generally you go lengthy, it doesn’t imply that you’re going to management one thing. The second aim we conceded is for that.
“After which when it comes to followers, I mentioned many instances, we’re stronger with our followers, we’re a greater crew. It’s as much as them to determine the way in which. For positive right this moment, in all probability, with the 0-1, 0-2, it’s regular to be the way in which they have been.”
The reporter then circled again to the identical query in a while:
Why do you suppose that the atmosphere, as you say, has turn into a difficulty right here?
Maresca answered:
“I didn’t say that the atmosphere is a matter for us, as a result of I at all times mentioned that with our followers, with us, we’re a greater crew. They’ve been there all season, all the way in which. For positive right this moment, within the second that we’re in a tough second, you’ll be able to count on them that they aren’t blissful, however in the identical second, in all probability it’s the second that we’d like the gamers, particularly the gamers which might be contained in the pitch, it’s the second that they in all probability want extra help.”
Cling on, did you simply say ‘I didn’t say that the atmosphere is a matter for us’?
Wait, you probably did mate, you undoubtedly did…
Simply above, he mentioned: ‘We misplaced slightly little bit of confidence, as a result of we conceded, in all probability due to the atmosphere.’
After which in the identical sentence, he additionally mentioned: ‘The second aim, we determine to play lengthy, as a result of the atmosphere is there, and we concede the second.’
I’m completely baffled by this. Not good in any respect.
The followers don’t dictate the way you play. The followers didn’t pressure Robert Sanchez to kick it lengthy. You probably have a manner of taking part in and also you consider in it, then you definitely play that manner regardless of what anybody else says. Are you going to begin blaming pundits for criticising the gamers as nicely and use them as a cause that they don’t play the way you inform them to play? Come on, man.
Simply please cease this nonsense. I needed, and nonetheless do need Maresca to work, purely as a result of I don’t need to hold seeing managers coming and going, however he’s actually not serving to himself within the slightest.
His soccer has usually been far too gradual, laboured, and bland. He’s getting his gamers to spam crosses towards low blocks with no person in there who is sweet within the air to get on the tip of them. He’s discouraging individuality and aptitude, and you may argue that many gamers have really gotten worse since he got here right here – as a result of many even have.
I at all times return to the primary half of the season when our soccer appeared good and we have been getting outcomes. However please, for anybody who desires to focus on this time as a ‘oh we have been all praising Maresca then and saying our Chelsea are again’ please go and watch the video games once more. Chelsea have been taking part in rather more open, rather more in transition, and the video games have been rather more finish to finish (I’m not saying that soccer was higher by the way in which as a result of really it was very chaotic). I even keep in mind writing that on the time. If something, it was extra Mauricio Pochettino that Maresca. And no, I don’t need Pochettino again or suppose he’s a greater supervisor than Maresca or some other daft feedback somebody desires to try to make right here, however you can’t deny that our fashion of play again then was extra Pochettino than Maresca, as a result of it was. Since we’ve been taking part in extra ‘Maresca-ball’ then the outcomes have dropped and our type has been nothing in need of dire. Is that only a coincidence? Does he simply not have the gamers to play his fashion of soccer? Have the accidents had a very unhealthy impact? Or have the gamers simply not realized his methods but? You recognize what, in all probability the entire above I might reply sure to, to offer him the advantage of the doubt, for positive. Perhaps if he had a high striker within the field and some extra gamers in to play his manner then we might be succeeding now, completely.
However on the finish of the day, he’s the pinnacle coach of Chelsea Soccer Membership, he knew what he was taking up, he knew the stress could be there from a fan base who’re primarily used to latest success and used to robust mentalities and watching winners within the dugout and out on the pitch, he knew the gamers he had in his squad and on the finish of the day, it would fall on the pinnacle coach if he isn’t getting outcomes. It has to. That’s his job, to teach the gamers and get the most effective out of them. He’s had loads lengthy sufficient now to implement his system and no the followers aren’t those stopping that ‘system’.
And in amongst all of this he’s choosing fights with followers, it actually isn’t look and can flip even the largest Maresca followers towards him ultimately. It already is, I’m seeing it.
I’m not shouting Maresca out and also you all know my causes for that. However I’ve so many considerations with what I’m seeing proper now and I don’t see how we go ahead with him, I actually don’t.
Sure, I reiterate, the primary issues are above him and that’s the place our focus must be. However Maresca must cease pulling that focus again in the direction of him.
Lastly, our man Danny Windsor observed one thing that he posted on X final evening…
He mentioned:
‘Anybody who’s Maresca in nonetheless.
‘17 factors in 14 for Potter, 20 in 16 for Maresca.
‘Potter had worse to cope with each accidents and modifications on the membership and obtained us by within the CL knockouts.
‘Potter was knocked out of cups by Metropolis.’
